7 files changed, 20 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index d060c5b86..ede631065 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST =		\
   sparse-file		\
   strace		\
   test-lib.sh		\
-  umask-check		\
-  very-expensive
+  umask-check
 
 # Regarding ordering in SUBDIRS, place early in the list the tools that
 # are most commonly used in test scripts.  Every test script uses rm
diff --git a/tests/cp/perm b/tests/cp/perm
index 88052aa02..a31d430e0 100755
--- a/tests/cp/perm
+++ b/tests/cp/perm
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-. $srcdir/../very-expensive
-
 if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
   set -x
   cp --version
@@ -25,6 +23,7 @@ if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
 fi
 
 . $srcdir/../test-lib.sh
+very_expensive_
 
 umask 037
 
diff --git a/tests/du/2g b/tests/du/2g
index ea2d6c784..a19b8ab4f 100755
--- a/tests/du/2g
+++ b/tests/du/2g
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
   du --version
 fi
 
-# Creating a 2GB file counts as `very expensive'.
-. $srcdir/../very-expensive
-
 . $srcdir/../test-lib.sh
 
+# Creating a 2GB file counts as `very expensive'.
+very_expensive_
+
 fail=0
 
 # Get number of free kilobytes on current partition, so we can
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/assert b/tests/tail-2/assert
index 72ee9c933..2ab617e77 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/assert
+++ b/tests/tail-2/assert
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
 fi
 
 # Not "expensive" per se, but sleeping for so long is annoying.
-. $srcdir/../very-expensive
 . $srcdir/../test-lib.sh
+very_expensive_
 
 ok='ok ok ok'
 
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/assert-2 b/tests/tail-2/assert-2
index 090bf0ff9..2911878a1 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/assert-2
+++ b/tests/tail-2/assert-2
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
 fi
 
 # Not "expensive" per se, but sleeping for so long is annoying.
-. $srcdir/../very-expensive
 . $srcdir/../test-lib.sh
+very_expensive_
 
 ok='ok ok ok'
 
diff --git a/tests/test-lib.sh b/tests/test-lib.sh
index cfc386a1a..3b8d2ce98 100644
--- a/tests/test-lib.sh
+++ b/tests/test-lib.sh
@@ -87,6 +87,19 @@ require_selinux_()
   esac
 }
 
+very_expensive_()
+{
+  if test "$RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_TESTS" != yes; then
+    skip_test_ '
+This test is very expensive, so it is disabled by default.
+To run it anyway, rerun make check with the RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_TESTS
+environment variable set to yes.  E.g.,
+
+  env RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes make check
+'
+  fi
+}
+
 skip_if_root_() { uid_is_privileged_ && skip_test_ "must be run as non-root"; }
 error_() { echo "$0: $@" 1>&2; (exit 1); exit 1; }
 framework_failure() { error_ 'failure in testing framework'; }
diff --git a/tests/very-expensive b/tests/very-expensive
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e27c0bed..000000000
--- a/tests/very-expensive
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-if test "$RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_TESTS" != yes; then
-  cat <<EOF >&2
-$0: This test is very expensive, so it is disabled by default.
-To run it anyway, rerun make check with the RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_TESTS
-environment variable set to yes.  E.g.,
-
-  env RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes make check
-
-EOF
-  (exit 77); exit 77
-fi